Locale Builder and Two Letter ISO name and Three Letter Windows Language Name
When you use the Microsoft Locale Builder tool to build a custom locale, it asks for a lot of fields. Two may not be obvious:
The Two Letter ISO Language name is permitted to be 3 letters for locales that don't have a 2 letter code (eg: haw for Hawaiian).
The Three Letter Windows Language Name is mostly used for in-box locales for things having to do with our build process, so you can pretty much pick anything. Mostly I just use the ISO code, but note that Windows tries to keep this value unique. Note: Do NOT use this 3 letter windows code in your application, instead use the ISO standard codes.
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Anonymous
May 14, 2009
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May 16, 2009
Hi Shawn, When we will see the Final version of Microsoft Locale Builder?Anonymous
May 18, 2009
Hi Shawn, What about the final version of Microsoft Locale Builder?Anonymous
May 20, 2009
Well, basically that is the final version of the locale builder for Vista. The "beta" label is actually kind of a misnomer, it works fine :)